1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1981–82
Year:	1981
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conferencerank:	9th
Divisionrank:	5th
Generalmanager:	Gerry McNamara
Coach:	Mike Nykoluk
Captain:	Darryl Sittler (Oct-Jan) Rick Vaive (Jan-Apr)
Altcaptain:	None
Minorleague:	Cincinnati Tigers (CHL)

The 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 65th season of the franchise, 55th season as the Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs missed the playoffs for the first time since 1973.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	6	Jim Benning		Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	24	Gary Yaremchuk		Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
3		55	Ernie Godden		Windsor Spitfires (OMJHL)
5	90	Normand Lefrancois		Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
5	102	Barry Brigley		Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
7	132	Andrew Wright		Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
8	153	Richard Turmel		Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9	174	Greg Barber		Victoria Cougars (WHL)
10	195	Marc Magnan		Lethbridge Broncos (WHL)

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Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1981	6–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	1–0–0
2	T	October 8, 1981	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	1–0–1
3	W	October 10, 1981	9–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	2–0–1
4	L	October 14, 1981	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	2–1–1
5	L	October 17, 1981	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	2–2–1
6	T	October 21, 1981	4–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	2–2–2
7	L	October 23, 1981	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	2–3–2
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–5	New York Rangers (1981–82)	2–4–2
9	L	October 27, 1981	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	2–5–2
10	W	October 28, 1981	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	3–5–2
11	L	October 31, 1981	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	3–6–2
12	L	November 1, 1981	4–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	3–7–2
13	L	November 4, 1981	4–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	3–8–2
14	T	November 6, 1981	4–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	3–8–3
15	W	November 7, 1981	9–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	4–8–3
16	L	November 11, 1981	3–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	4–9–3
17	W	November 14, 1981	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	5–9–3
18	L	November 18, 1981	5–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	5–10–3
19	T	November 20, 1981	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	5–10–4
20	L	November 21, 1981	3–5	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	5–11–4
21	L	November 24, 1981	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	5–12–4
22	T	November 25, 1981	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	5–12–5
23	T	November 28, 1981	4–4	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	5–12–6
24	W	November 29, 1981	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	6–12–6
25	L	December 2, 1981	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	6–13–6
26	W	December 5, 1981	9–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	7–13–6
27	T	December 9, 1981	3–3	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	7–13–7
28	L	December 11, 1981	2–11	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	7–14–7
29	L	December 12, 1981	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	7–15–7
30	T	December 16, 1981	6–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	7–15–8
31	W	December 19, 1981	8–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	8–15–8
32	W	December 20, 1981	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	9–15–8
33	T	December 23, 1981	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	9–15–9
34	W	December 26, 1981	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	10–15–9
35	L	December 27, 1981	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	10–16–9
36	L	December 30, 1981	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	10–17–9
37	W	December 31, 1981	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	11–17–9
38	L	January 2, 1982	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	11–18–9
39	T	January 6, 1982	3–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	11–18–10
40	T	January 7, 1982	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	11–18–11
41	W	January 9, 1982	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	12–18–11
42	L	January 11, 1982	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	12–19–11
43	W	January 13, 1982	2–1	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–19–11
44	L	January 15, 1982	2–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	13–20–11
45	W	January 16, 1982	7–1	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	14–20–11
46	W	January 18, 1982	6–2	New York Rangers (1981–82)	15–20–11
47	T	January 20, 1982	4–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	15–20–12
48	L	January 21, 1982	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	15–21–12
49	L	January 23, 1982	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	15–22–12
50	L	January 25, 1982	2–9	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	15–23–12
51	L	January 27, 1982	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	15–24–12
52	T	January 30, 1982	2–2	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	15–24–13
53	W	January 31, 1982	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	16–24–13
54	L	February 3, 1982	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	16–25–13
55	L	February 6, 1982	1–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	16–26–13
56	L	February 7, 1982	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	16–27–13
57	L	February 10, 1982	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	16–28–13
58	L	February 13, 1982	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	16–29–13
59	T	February 15, 1982	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	16–29–14
60	T	February 17, 1982	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	16–29–15
61	L	February 18, 1982	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	16–30–15
62	W	February 20, 1982	8–5	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	17–30–15
63	L	February 23, 1982	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	17–31–15
64	L	February 24, 1982	5–7	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	17–32–15
65	T	February 27, 1982	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–32–16
66	L	March 1, 1982	5–9	New York Islanders (1981–82)	17–33–16
67	L	March 3, 1982	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	17–34–16
68	L	March 4, 1982	1–10	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	17–35–16
69	L	March 6, 1982	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–36–16
70	L	March 10, 1982	6–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	17–37–16
71	L	March 13, 1982	2–10	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	17–38–16
72	W	March 17, 1982	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	18–38–16
73	L	March 20, 1982	0–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	18–39–16
74	W	March 22, 1982	8–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	19–39–16
75	W	March 24, 1982	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	20–39–16
76	L	March 27, 1982	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	20–40–16
77	L	March 28, 1982	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	20–41–16
78	L	March 30, 1982	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	20–42–16
79	L	April 3, 1982	4–6	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	20–43–16
80	L	April 4, 1982	1–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	20–44–16

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	77	54	35	89	157	12	12	5	6
	C	75	34	50	84	42	5	6	0	2
	RW	69	18	40	58	203	-21	6	1	1
	RW	69	31	26	57	30	8	7	0	3
	D	69	12	44	56	170	4	1	0	0
	D	72	9	41	50	67	5	3	1	0
	LW	72	25	24	49	39	-18	4	0	1
	C	38	18	20	38	24	-14	5	2	0
	RW	55	13	24	37	37	-11	2	0	1
	RW/C	65	17	16	33	49	-16	0	0	1
	D	74	7	24	31	46	-27	2	0	0
	C	54	9	19	28	150	-3	1	0	1
	C	43	14	12	26	22	-16	3	0	1
	LW	44	8	7	15	71	-11	1	0	0
	D	57	2	11	13	32	9	0	0	1
	LW	38	5	6	11	29	-6	1	0	0
	D	68	1	10	11	263	-9	0	0	0
	RW	10	4	6	10	31	-7	1	0	2
	C	39	4	4	8	32	-7	0	1	0
	RW	43	0	8	8	14	-4	0	0	0
	LW	11	3	4	7	8	0	1	0	0
	D	64	1	5	6	186	-26	0	0	0
	C	7	2	3	5	0	-2	1	0	0
	LW	10	2	2	4	2	-4	1	0	0
	D	13	1	3	4	4	-16	0	0	0
	D/LW	11	1	3	4	44	1	0	0	0
	G	50	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
	C	18	0	3	3	10	-7	0	0	0
	RW	20	2	0	2	4	-16	0	0	0
	C	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0
	C	12	0	2	2	6	-6	0	0	0
	D	27	0	2	2	67	-13	0	0	0
	G	40	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
	D	12	0	2	2	8	-4	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	17	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0
	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2647	50	10	24	8	207	4.69	0
	2033	40	10	18	8	153	4.52	1
	120	2	0	2	0	13	6.50	0
Team:	4800	80	20	44	16	373	4.66	1

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Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1981-82 season.

Trades

August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Bob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 - Kevin Stevens	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Luce
September 11, 1981	To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Harrison	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1982 - Vladimir Ruzicka
October 16, 1981	To New York Rangers Pat Hickey	To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th round pick in 1982 - Sylvain Charland
November 11, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Billy Harris John Gibson
January 20, 1982	To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler	To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello Ken Strong 2nd round pick in 1982 - Peter Ihnacak
February 3, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Hotham	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1982 - Craig Kales 5th round pick in 1983 - Dan Hodgson
March 8, 1982	To Detroit Red Wings 4th round pick in 1982 - Craig Coxe 5th round pick in 1983 - Joey Kocur	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jim Korn
March 8, 1982	To Edmonton Oilers Laurie Boschman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Phil Drouillard Walt Poddubny
March 9, 1982	To Quebec Nordiques Wilf Paiement	To Toronto Maple Leafs Miroslav Frycer 7th round pick in 1982 - Jeff Triano

Waivers

February 19, 1982

From Los Angeles Kings Trevor Johansen

Free agents

Player Former Team Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks

Player New Team Vancouver Canucks

Playoffs

After qualifying for the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons, this season saw the Maple Leafs miss the playoffs for the first time since the 1972-73 season.

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1981 NHL Entry Draft. HockeyDB.com. 3 February 2012.
2. Web site: 1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-21 .
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1981-82 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.